Republican Alternative (, ALTER) is a Spanish political party formed in 2015 by the merger of various small left-wing republican parties. The Left Republican Party (Catalan: Partit Republicà d'Esquerra, PRE) is its branch in Catalonia.
History AR was formed by Spanish Republican Democratic Action, a faction of Republican Left, and the Catalan left-wing Republican Party. The founding congress was held in Vallecas on May 25 and 26, 2013.Alternativa Republicana: Nace un nuevo partido republicano. Tercera Información, 07/06/2013. In its Statutes, AR is ideologically defined as left-wing, democratic, republican, radical, secular, federalist and environmentalist.Statutes of Republican Alternative
In the municipal elections of 2015, AR gained two local councillors, Pedro Gómez in Segorbe (Valencian Community)El republicano Pedro Gómez será el cabeza de lista de Ganemos Segorbe. Segorweb, 2015.Full results. and Gabriel Salguero Lafuente in Montgat (Catalonia).Full results.
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